The taste will come if you chant the Holy Name with sincerity
(nistha), without offences of Vaishnavs, without the ten offences; if
you get the seed through a bona fide Guru; and through the service to the
Vaishnavs.

Actually, some think, "Oh, I have got a bona fide Guru!" but what is the use
getting a good doctor if you do not take the medicine he prescribes? We have
got a bona fide Guru, but we are not following this Guru's instruction, then
how will we get the taste? Suppose I get a prescription, but I put it away
into my almirah or my table and do not take the medicine—how will I get taste
without taking the prescribed medicine? You must follow Gurudev's instruction
and chant the Holy Name, then you will easily get the taste.

It is like somebody is playing a football match and we are watching them play
football—somebody is doing puja and we are watching them do it.

Question: What is the definition of bhakti?

I have already told it. You should come and practise. It is not necessary to
think so much—you will not get the taste just by watching a football match,
you must come and play football, play and enjoy with us!

Krishna Himself does not come to this world as a Vaikuntha-pati (Lord Narayan
with four hands)—He does not want to be a Vaikuntha-pati—He comes here as a
devotee, and He chants and dances with devotees. He is teaching
us.

কৃষ্ণের যতেক খেলা, সর্ব্বোত্তম নরলীলা,
নরবপু তাহার স্বরূপ ।

krsnera yateka khela, sarvvottama nara-lila,
nara-vapu tahara svarupa

"The highest form of Godhead is Krsna, who plays in His eternal divine
pastimes like a human being."

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya-lila, 21.101)

Krishna does not want to be Narayan with four hands, Krishna comes with two
hands, He chants, dances, eats, sleeps, plays with boys, He does
everything—He is teaching us. We too must join that. If I chant, I
will get the benefit—if you do not chant, how will you get the benefit? Just
as when I take medicine, I will be cured—you must also take the medicine,
then you will be cured too.

'The lotus feet of Sri Rupa Manjari are the mine of all rasas, they are the fulfilment of life, they are the dharma (prescribed religion) of the Vedas. Her lotus feet are my vows, my penance, my mantra, my japa. They are the ultimate purpose of life.'